Research Data Alliance. Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) - Change (Y)our World. The PASIG is a vendor independent community open to any institutions and commercial organizations interested in learning and sharing practical experiences in the following: * Comparison of high-level OAIS architectures, services-oriented architecture work, and use cases * Sharing of best practices and software code Cooperation on standard, open, 'in-a-box' solutions around repository technologies * Review of storage architectures and trends and their relation to preservation and archiving architectures and eResearch data set management Discussion of the uses of commercial third party and community-developed solutions The community is focused on sharing open computing solutions and best practices.
But while sharing information about the state-of-the-art developments in standards and open source is important, this is not a standards-setting organization. IASSIST Home. ACRL Digital Curation Interest Group. ACRL Digital Curation Interest Group (Association of College & Research Libraries) To provide a forum and foster support in the exploration, adaptation, and implementation of emerging digital curation services, technologies, and infrastructures.
To sponsor discussions or programs that share how libraries are working to meet the needs of curating a variety of content in digital form. To inform and educate librarians on digital curation trends and new technologies. To collaborate with other organizations within the library profession and academe on issues concerning digital curation. Get Involved! International Federation of Data Organizations for the Social Sciences.